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1-News-Head

ANCHOR=Jean
Coming up on NEWS 7 at Six,
A Roanoke jury reaches a verdict in the case of a surgeon accused of
malpractice. Nearly 50 complaints have been filed against the doctor.
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VO-NAT

and there's still the matter of school overcrowding--supporters of the
Roanoke County bond referendum meet to plot strategy after last night's defeat.
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Sports-Head
ANCHOR=Mike
Tonight in sports, Jeff Gordon leads a parade of drivers through testing at
Martinsville today.
The Twins, Padres and Cards have picked up wins in the majors this afternoon.
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VO-NAT eng#

And the Salem Avalanche has arrived in town. The team was introduced to the
media earlier this afternoon.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None

How about those warm temperatures! Highs near 80 today....not quite as warm
in the Thursday forecast.

Korsh

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=cst
TAPE#96-21
GRAPHIC=Eric Korsh

A verdict late this afternoon in the medical malpractice case against spine
surgeon Doctor Eric Korsh and his former employer Lewis Gale Clinic.
Double Boxes=Jean and Connie/Microwave
Connie Stevens joins us with the latest from Roanoke Circuit Court.
Live=Connie Full/Microwave
SUPER=@Connie1;
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
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Double Boxes=Jean and Connie/Microwave
(Jean question: How many lawsuits have been filed against Doctor Korsh?)

Trailer-Fire

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-10
GRAPHIC=Fatal Fire

Pulaski County authorities say they'll have to rely on an autopsy to
identify the victim of an early morning fire.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pulaski Co.;

The blaze broke out in a small trailer in the Parrott area around two-
thirty.
Firefighters recovered the body in the living room.
One person lived in the trailer, but the victim was burned beyond
recognition.
The occupant of the trailer used lanterns for light and a kerosene heater,
but officials have not yet determined how the fire started.
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Pulaski-Jail

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-14
GRAPHIC=None

The investigation into missing funds at the Pulaski County jail is now
focusing on two employees.
But the Commonwealth's Attorney has determined there isn't enough evidence
yet to file charges.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pulaski;

An audit revealed five thousand dollars was missing from an inmate work
release fund.
Prisoners pay the jail 10 dollars from their earnings for every day they
work.
Each jail employee with access to the fund took a lie detector test, which
helped to narrow the investigation.
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SOT 10:56:26
IN Q=
((MAJ. JIM DAVIS/PULASKI CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT.: WE HAVE HAD TWO EMPLOYEES OUT OF
THE JAIL STAFF THAT DID NOT, THAT SHOWED DECEPTION ON THE POLYGRAPH.
QUESTION: ARE THOSE THE ONLY TWO EMPLOYEES UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THIS POINT?
ANSWER: AT THIS POINT. ))
SUPER=01-Maj. Jim Davis/Pulaski Co. Sheriff's Dept.;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=point? At this point.
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VO-NAT

Davis says for a number of reasons, the two employees were not reappointed
when officers were re-sworn to duty January first.
The investigation is continuing.
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Intersection

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#96-23
GRAPHIC=None

A Danville family's loss has not gone unnoticed.
State officials say changes are in store for the intersection where two
young children were killed last fall.
But as Teresa Hamilton reports, family members say it's too little too late.
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SOT
IN Q=
SUPER=03-Danville/October 25; :00
SUPER=@Teresa1; :24
SUPER=01-Brenda Jones/Children's Grandmother; :35
SUPER=03-Lynchburg; :43
SUPER=01-Tammy Mustain/Children's Mother; :52
RUNS=1:15
OUT Q=Hamilton, News 7.
(( Raymond Mustain and his in- laws may be best remembered for blocking
traffic at the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Route 265.
Family members were arrested but didn't seem to mind.
They'd succeeded in drawing attention to what they view as a death trap.
Mustain's stepchildren, 12- year old Jami and 10- year old James Earles were
killed there in a traffic accident last October.
su
The Mustain's work over the past six month has had an impact.
State transportation officials say the cross over will be closed.
But family members view it as a quick fix. They want an overpass.
end su
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SOT
IN Q=In the
((BRENDA JONES/CHILDREN'S GRANDMOTHER: IN THE LONG RUN WE WANT A BRIDGE THERE
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TO START WITH, IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PLANS. ))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=original plans.

Family members spoke at a pre-allocation hearing in Lynchburg.
Meetings like this one give citizens an opportunity to comment on how money
is spent.
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1:27:51
SOT
IN Q=I'm not
((TAMMY MUSTAIN/CHILDREN'S MOTHER: I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MY CHILDREN WOULD BE
HERE TODAY IF THE BRIDGE WAS THERE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. ALL I KNOW IS THE
BRIDGE IS NOT THERE AND MY TWO CHILDREN AREN'T EITHER. ))
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=aren't either.

All comments will be reviewed by he Commonwealth Transportation board in
Richmond which will decide if a bridge should be included in a tentative six
year construction plan. Teresa Hamilton, News 7.))

Fire-Lawsuit

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6p
WRITER=jmc
TAPE#96-19
GRAPHIC=Fire Aftermath

A Roanoke woman is blaming her landlord for the house fire that killed her
four children and mother.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/January 20

In a lawsuit filed yesterday in Roanoke Circuit Court, Patricia Leftwich
says her landlord's negligence made the house a firetrap.
She says the rental property on Stewart Avenue was dangerous because it had
faulty wiring and did NOT have a fire wall.
Leftwich is suing Rupert Jack Richards, Senior, and WTS of Virginia, for
more than 1-point-3 million dollars.
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ANCHOR=Jean
SS=NONE

Still to come on News 7 at Six--
As the standoff with the Freemen in Montana continues, a Virginia militia
member is questioned by federal authorities.
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VO-NAT

Also now that the bond referendum is rejected, what will Roanoke County do
about school overcrowding? Joe Dashiell will have a followup report.
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County-Schools

Roanoke County officials are taking a fresh look at their options following
defeat of the 37- million dollar bond issue for schools.
County voters rejected the proposal by a wide margin yesterday.
Double Boxes=Jean and Joe/Newsroom

While officials are regrouping, Joe Dashiell reports bond issue opponents
are also preparing for what comes next.
Live=Joe Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Joe1;

Jean, school officials and the supervisors are looking for what
superintendent deanna gordon describes as "the next best plan."
Exactly what that will be, isn't clear tonight, but bond issue opponents
say they will be heard.
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SOT
IN Q=I'm not really surprised
SUPER=01-Pat Kramer/Cave Spring H.S. Senior; :00
SUPER=01-Deanna Gordon/Roanoke Co. School Superintendent; :25
SUPER=01-Don Terp/Bond Issue Opponent; :51
RUNS=1:05
OUT Q=what their real needs are.
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SOT
IN Q=I'm not really surprised
((I'M NOT REALLY SURPRISED. I'M MORE DISAPPOINTED THAN ANYTHING, BECAUSE WE DO
DEFINITELY NEED A NEW SCHOOL.))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=need a new school.

For Pat Kramer and many of his classmates at Cave Spring High School, the
vote was a disappointment...
For school officials and bond issue supporters, a frustrating end to two
years of planning and two months of debate.
But move on they must, and superintendent Deanna Gordon says the school
board and the supervisors will take a fresh look at their alternatives.
SOT
IN Q=And now I imagine
((DEANNA GORDON/ROANOKE CO. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: AND NOW I IMAGINE THEY WOULD
WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT ANOTHER OPTION AND SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY. AND
WE KNOW THERE IS ANOTHER WAY. THERE NEVER IS JUST ONE WAY, SO WE'LL LOOK FOR
THE NEXT BEST PLAN.))
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=next best plan.

For Bond Issue opponent Don Terp the next best plan will be one that takes
a county- wide approach to the school system's construction needs... and
involves more citizens in the planning.
SOT TERP
IN Q=We want to hear people's thoughts
((DON TERP/BOND ISSUE OPPONENT: WE WANT TO HEAR PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS. WE DON'T
WANT TO RUN OFF WITH A BIT IN OUR TEETH AND SAY THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE'RE
GOING. OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE'S NOT GOING TO BE 100 PERCENT SATISFIED, BUT WE HOPE
WE CAN REACH THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR REAL NEEDS
ARE.))
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=what their real needs are.))

If the voters were telling the county to live within its means, he says he
heard the message loud and clear.

Backhoe-Ax

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#96-31
GRAPHIC=None

A backhoe crushed a man to death in Christiansburg today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;

It happened around four at an industrial machine repair shop on Roanoke
Street.
Three men were repairing the backhoe when it started to roll.
The victim's name has not been released. No one else was hurt.
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Ross

34 year old Vickie Ross was found in the back seat of her car last December.
She had been shot in the back of the head.
Today 36 year old Bryant Ross pleaded guilty to first degree murder and
illegal use of a firearm.
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TALENT=JEAN
SS=Bryant Ross

Ross had earlier told a detective he dragged Vickie's body out to her car--
got rid of the gun-- and abandoned the vehicle.
He'll be sentenced in May.
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Tuggle

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#96-27
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales

The last surviving member of the largest Death Row escape in the nation's
history has suffered another legal setback.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;

Lem Tuggle has faced the death penalty for 13 years for the rape and murder
of Jessie Geneva Havens in Smyth County.
During trial Tuggle was denied a state subsidized psychiatrist to fight
claims of his "future dangerousness."
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TALENT=Jean
SS=Legal Scales

A three judge panel of the federal appeals court in Richmond said today that
denial did NOT have a substantial impact on the Smyth County jury's death
penalty sentence.
Tuggle's attorney says he will appeal that finding.

Va-Militia

A spokesman for the Virginia Citizen's Militia says the FBI met with him on
Monday.
That's to see if any Virginians might take weapons and travel to Montana to
intervene in the standoff between federal agents and the Freemen.
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SOT 09:51:05
IN Q=Well there's
((DOUGLAS JEFFREYS/VA. CITIZEN'S MILITIA: WELL THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RUMORS
FLYING AROUND THAT WE MIGHT BE OR OTHER GROUPS MIGHT BE SENDING ARMED TROOPS TO
MONTANA IN AN ATTEMPT TO FREE THE FREEMEN. THAT'S NOT TRUE. WE'RE NOT SENDING
A CONVOY. WE'RE NOT SENDING ARMED TROOPS.))
SUPER=01-Douglas Jeffreys/Va. Citizen's Militia;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=armed troops.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;

Douglas Jeffreys says he represents a few thousand Virginians who are
members of secretive local militias.
SUPER=03-Jordan, MT;

Jeffreys says he's been in touch with the leadership of the Militia of
Montana.
He says Virginia militia members are offering moral support in lieu of
military support to the Freemen.
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SOT 10:01:15
IN Q=We're not looking
((DOUGLAS JEFFREYS/VA. CITIZEN'S MILITIA: WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO CAUSE CHAOS.
WE DO NOT WANT TO OVERTHROW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A
CONFRONTATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=federal government.(2ND REFERENCE!)
TALENT=Jean
SS=Freemen Standoff

Jeffreys says Virginia militia members are trying to help get the Freemen
message out.
They believe some federal government agencies have overstepped their bounds.
But Jeffreys says the Freemen position on some financial matters is NOT
shared by supporters in Virginia.
Some of the Freemen are facing bank, financial, and mail fraud charges.

Allen

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#None
GRAPHIC=George Allen

Governor George Allen today hailed the bi-partisan cooperation that led to
reforming Virginia's B-POL (bee-pole) tax on businesses.
The tax had been criticized as a small business killer.
SS=Tobacco

The Governor also put his signature on two bills that may help restrict
children's access to tobacco.
One bill requires a photo I-D for tobacco purchases.
The other requires cigarette vending machines be monitored by the owners of
the businesses where they're located.
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Stocks

ANCHOR=Jean
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=Stocks
GRAPHIC=NONE

On Wall Street a late afternoon surge pushed the Dow to a record close--up
18 points, finishing at 56 hundred 89.
NASDAQ gained four and a half points.
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RUNS=:25
SUPER=#D-69;

(( The Bedford County Sheriff's Office is showing off its newest wave of
crime prevention.
This 22- foot boat was bought by the county six years ago.
Now with the help of area businesses, it's been completely revamped.
And this summer, deputies will start patrolling all 40- miles of Smith
Mountain Lake.
Officials are already sending out a strong message.
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SOT tape 1 9:27:31
IN Q=The department
((SHERIFF MIKE BROWN/BEDFORD COUNTY: THE DEPARTMENT HAS SET A ZERO TOLERANCE
FOR DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN BOATING ON SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE. ))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=lake

And according to many lake- goers, authorities are charting the right
course.
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SOT tape 2 10:33:32
IN Q=There's a lot
((RON BARRETT/BOATER: THERE'S A LOT OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AND A LOT OF KIDS ON THE
SEA- DOO'S AND SOMEONE LOOKING OUT-- MAKING SURE THEY TOW THE LINE A LITTLE BIT
IS PROBABLY A REAL GOOD IDEA. ))
RUNS=:10
OUT Q=good idea
Standup tape 2 9:53:10
RUNS=:11

(( Even though the Patrol Boat is part of the Bedford County Sheriff's
Department, other localities will benefit as well.
Deputies will be available to assist on calls to the shores of Franklin and
Pittsylvania counties.))
end stand up
Fifteen deputies will be trained by the Virginia Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries next month.
Volunteers are also wanted to man the boat-- which plans to officially ship
off in June.
Scott Prince, News- 7, Bedford County.))

Sports Tease

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE

Coming up tonight in sports, the Salem Avalanche players and coaches have
arrived in the valley.
We'll check out this afternoon's major league happenings, plus Lacrosse
highlights from Roanoke College
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VO-NAT eng#

And we'll check in on testing today at Martinsville, as nine drivers tune up
for the April 21st Goody's 500.
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S-Testing

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#R-32
GRAPHIC=M'Ville S'way

The Martinsville Speedway was a busy place today as nine Winston Cup drivers
took advantage of this rare off-week on the circuit to get in some testing.
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SOT
IN Q=first audio
SUPER=03-Martinsville/This Afternoon; :00
SUPER=01-Jeff Gordon/Three Wins In 1996; :28
SUPER=01-Eddie Wood/Citgo Ford Crew Chief; 1:05
SUPER=01-Sterling Marlin/Driver - Kodak Chevrolet; 1:24
SUPER=01-Bobby Labonte/Pole Winner Last Spring; 1:40
RUNS=1:46
OUT Q=...like you want to."
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(( Sterling Marlin, DW, Michael Waltrip, Bobby Labonte and the man in black
headlined the menagerie of Ford and Chevy drivers turning hot lap at the track.
But wait a minute, that's not Earnhardt driving that black Chevy - thats'
Jeff Gordon.
((JEFF GORDON/THREE WINS IN 1996:))
Black cars and unusual parking spots were all part of the test. Darrell
Waltrip, who hasn't won in 3 years, but has 11 career wins at Martinsville
pitted his Chevy in Victory lane, hoping it can find its way back there on
April 21st.
His younger brother spent much of his time in the Wood Brothers Ford testing
brakes - something Martinsville loves to destroy.
((EDDIE WOOD/CITGO FORD CREW CHIEF:))
Having nine cars testing at the track on the same day is a rare occurrence,
but also a big advantage for the participants.))
((BOBBY LABONTE/POLE WINNER LAST SPRING:))

S-Avalanche

ANCHOR=mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=CL-96
GRAPHIC=Avalanche

The Salem Avalanche officially unveiled the the 1996 team to the media
today.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Roanoke/This Afternoon; :00

S-Lacrosse

The Roanoke mens lacrosse stung the Lynchburg Hornets today 15-6 in an ODAC
win that pushes the Maroons record to 5 and 2 on the season.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Salem/Hornets vs. Maroons; :00

Lynchburg coach and former Roanoke All-American Brett Smith was reunited
with his former coach, Roanoke's Bill Pilat.
The reunion went sour though as the maroons got 7 points from super soph
Keith Wempe. He scored 4 and had 3 assists.
The Hornets pulled to within 3, 9-6. Brian Catney fires this shot past
Roanoke goalie Chris Gordon.
SUPER=34-Roanoke/=15/Lynchburg/==6;
Maroon senior Billy Metz tallied 4 goals as well on the day and Roanoke remains
undefeated in the conference with the 15-6 win. Lynchburg falls to 1 and 9.
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S-MLB

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6PM
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-2
GRAPHIC=TIGERS

Three games are over in the major leagues this afternoon, including one
involving the Tigers.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Minneapolis, MN/Tigers vs. Twins; :00

The Motor City hitmen got a big lift from big man Cecil Fielder, who ripped
this opposite field homerun to right field to get Detroit rolling.
But they then rolled over an played dead. Three errors led to six unearned
runs and some timely hitting from the Twins propelled Minnesota to a 16-to-7
win.
SUPER=03-Flushing, NY/Cardinals vs. Mets; :00

At Shea stadium in New York flags flew at half mast in honor of the late John
McSherry.
Ron Gant would power the visiting Cardinals to their first win of the season
with a two run homer in the fourth inning, as St. Louis beats the Mets 5-TO-3.
SUPER=03-Chicago, IL/Padres vs. Cubs;

And at Wrigley field the Padres beat the Cubs 7 to 5.
Ken Caminiti led the way with a massive three run home in the third off
Frank Castillo.
Steve Finley and Tony Gwynn score and the PODS win it 7-to-5.
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